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Zusatztext 'Williams's book promises to remain the standard account of the subject for some time to come.' Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 'This very informative and thought-provoking book should be a must read for eighteenth-century scholars...' New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century 'A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier is! in short! a triumph: it is enormously informative! intensely researched! and written with considerable style and wit.' Metascience 'This is! quite simply! an admirable book...' Early Science and Medicine Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth A. Williams Zusammenfassung This study is a cultural history of Montpellier vitalism, regarded by many historians as the leading school of medicine in the French Enlightenment. Offering a holistic understanding of physical-moral relation in place of Descartes' mind-body dualism, Montpellier vitalism supplied essential discursive foundations of the medical enlightenment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; A medical town: Montpellier in the 18th century; A university in the Enlightenment: the University of Medicine of Montpellier; Boissier de Sauvages and the emergence of vitalism in Montpellier; The ascent to Paris: Montpellier physicians in the capital of enlightenment; Vitalism and the encyclopedist movement; Time of troubles: the university-court connection in the late Ancien Régime; Semiotics! smallpox! sex: from the practical to the philosophical in vitalist medicine; Barthez and the "Science of Man"; Vitalism in the late Enlightenment; Conclusion: the end of the Enlightenment and the eclipse of Montpellier; Bibliography; Index.
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Contents: Introduction; A medical town: Montpellier in the 18th century; A university in the Enlightenment: the University of Medicine of Montpellier; Boissier de Sauvages and the emergence of vitalism in Montpellier; The ascent to Paris: Montpellier physicians in the capital of enlightenment; Vitalism and the encyclopedist movement; Time of troubles: the university-court connection in the late Ancien Régime; Semiotics, smallpox, sex: from the practical to the philosophical in vitalist medicine; Barthez and the "Science of Man"; Vitalism in the late Enlightenment; Conclusion: the end of the Enlightenment and the eclipse of Montpellier; Bibliography; Index.
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'Williams's book promises to remain the standard account of the subject for some time to come.' Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 'This very informative and thought-provoking book should be a must read for eighteenth-century scholars...' New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century 'A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier is, in short, a triumph: it is enormously informative, intensely researched, and written with considerable style and wit.' Metascience 'This is, quite simply, an admirable book...' Early Science and Medicine
